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DVD series revisits some of the better-known movies of the '80s

All I can say on the release of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off: "ABOUT TIME"! It's probably too bad we won't see it on midnight theatrical showings anymore.

Most of those movies are not worth watching. Airplane is great, but other than that there isn't much worth spending your money on out of this group of dvds.

I can't watch Footloose without dancing. Dated? Yeah. But it always leaves me feeling upbeat, young, and happier.

It's funny to read the movie description for Footloose. It tells about a religious midwestern town banning dancing. Yet as you watch the movie the beautiful Wasatch mountains are clearly visible in many scenes. Although it is movie entertainment, I watch and think in my mind the movie's setting does not match its surroundings. In 1984 when the movie was made, were the producers overly cautious to mention religous Utah as the setting or would doing so have deterred movie watchers?

Movie stars are made by writers, directors and producers, and they get way too much credit for appearing in well-written roles and too little credit for trying to make a bad movie better. Ringwald could not have saved a poor movie, and Eric Stolz and Lea Thompson would have been raved about if they had starred in Pretty in Pink.

Most of these movies have already had a DVD release, and I've picked up several of them for $10 or less on bargain racks. Paying $15 for a new release of a 20-year old movie seems rather pointless.
And I still like Top Gun, despite it's general '80s-ness.

How can you not like Top Gun? "I feel the need, the need for speed, Owe!"

I already own about four of the movies mentioned. Like Jason, I got them for under $10.

If for no other reason, Top Gun is great for the sound track. If you can watch it and not feel the power of the F-14s and the music, you have no soul.

"Some Kind of Wonderful" was better than "Pretty in Pink", not by much, but better.

WHERE IS THE BREAKFAST CLUB? That is the ultimate 80's teen flick.

GOONIES!!!!!!!!!! GOONIES!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOONIES!!!!!!!!!!

Who cares 80s movies are terrible. Strange Brew is about the only one I can handle. Oh and the first Batman (check the date 1989). What a horrible movie deacde.

me with a spoon....

"Footloose" was set in Beaumont, TX. They used the Utah Valley for filming because of financial reasons. It was about Southern Baptists, not LDS. And it has a great soundtrack.

Some Kind of Wonderful, for my generation (I'm almost 40) has become Some Kind of Classic (sorry... couldn't resist). While it wasn't as big a hit as Ferris or Pretty in Pink at the box office, it was discovered on Home Video... and most everyone I run into - when the conversation comes up - agree that it is a much more fully realized film, with a stronger ending (where the guy gets the Right Girl...as opposed to the girl getting the Wrong Guy *cough* Blane *cough)

And... with respect to your opinion, Mr. Vice... I don't think the leads deliver "bland" performances. As much as I loved Molly Ringwald in her heyday - I think Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, and especially Mary Stuart Masterson, gave performances that seemed to ring more true to what I experienced in High School (and Craig Sheffer created perhaps the ultimate uber-rich 80's preppy villian in Hardy Jenns... with '2 n's!!")

Long live Footloose and Lehi.

I agree that Ferris Buhler is the cream of this crop. That Ferris is a righteous duuude. But how about "Sixteen Candles?" It doesn't get better than the "Donger". While the "Breakfast Club" was a big hit it wasn't as funny as the other teen movies. I guess I am going to Blockbuster tonight.

The '80s a horrible movie decade? They only had the Indiana Jones movies, 2/3rds of the original Star Wars Trilogy, E.T., the Back to the Future movies, Ghostbusters, Die Hard, The Princess Bride, Ghandi, The Terminator, Aliens, Glory, Amadeus - all made in teh '80s and all in IMDB's top 250.

Pretty in Pink delivered some comedy relief, "no more yanky my wanky, Donger need food." However, Some Kind of Wonderful is hands down the best HS depiction of the bunch.

I agree with Watts, it is a child of the '80s classic. I would rather watch this movie ten times over, than PIP one more time.

The 80's were awful! Remember disco? bad American cars and Reagan?

Charter member pf the society to wipe out the 1980's in our lifetime.